2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Ornamental Horticulture for a Bachelor’s
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly for Ornamental Horticulture for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 160 people earned their degree in ornamental horticulture, making the major the 1050th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 ornamental horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Ornamental Horticulture for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in ornamental horticulture. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great ornamental horticulture programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the ornamental horticulture program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly for Ornamental Horticulture for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Ornamental Horticulture for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree vets studying ornamental horticulture.
Top 2 Best Ornamental Horticulture Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Ornamental Horticulture for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Arkansas is a large school located in Fayetteville, Arkansas that handed out 16 bachelors’s ornamental horticulture degrees in 2020-2021.
UARK also took the #1 spot in our “Best Ornamental Horticulture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 27,562 students enrolled at UARK, 11 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,975. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Arkansas]](/colleges/university-of-arkansas/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Ornamental Horticulture for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Kentucky University landed the #2 spot on the list. Eastern Kentucky University is located in Richmond, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s ornamental horticulture degrees to qualified students.
Eastern also took the #2 spot in our “Best Ornamental Horticulture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 14,465 students enrolled at Eastern, 869 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 469 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,031. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full Eastern Kentucky University Veteran Student Life Report
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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